RU2220754C1 - Mathematical probability game - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: entertainment industry, in particular, lottery or lots casting type games. SUBSTANCE: game has playing members made in the form of polyhedrons having sides formed as regular polygons. Of three sides converging to each apex of sides, one side differs from others by mark sign. Faces of each polyhedron are randomly marked by their characteristic homogeneous marking differing from that of other members. Game has transparent vertical cylinders with funnel-shaped heads for throwing of each playing member into respective cylinder. Total number of cylinders is multiple of number of polyhedron faces used, and may be 4, 6, 8, 12, 20. Cylinders are provided in their upper parts with rotating screens having opening, which is opened by means of single drive. Stops are fixed on cylinder inner surface. Cylinders are colored in different colors. Cylinders are connected to air duct equipped with valve. EFFECT: increased accuracy of game owing to simultaneous initial movement of playing members without interaction with one another and influence on one another. 1 dwg

Description

 The present invention relates to widespread probabilistic games and can be used for various lotteries, draws.

 There are many similar devices with various game elements. So, since ancient times, playing cubes with marks in the form of points from one to six have been known. Throwing them, you can get from two to twelve points. However, the probability of losing, say, two points (1 + 1) and four (1 + 3), (2 + 2), etc., obviously, is different, which often complicates the game.

 In a. from. USSR 1621989, class A 63 F 9/04, publ. 01/23/1991, game elements in the form of cubes are used, inside of which a ball core is placed, which displaces the center of gravity of the element. The disadvantage of the analogue is the difference in the probabilities of the results of throwing several elements.

 In the game element by a. from. USSR 1768202, class A 63 F 9/04, publ. 10/15/1992, a polyhedron is used that has faces in the form of triangles and squares. However, such a polyhedron is not geometrically correct and cannot guarantee the same probability of an outcome for different throws.

 In the patent of the Russian Federation 2015720, cl. A 63 F 9/04, publ. 07/15/1994, the game element is made in the form of a cube, has a hollow body with a matrix of pockets, filled with liquid, in which information marks float. This solution when throwing several elements also does not provide the same probability for throwing and is very difficult to manufacture.

 The same disadvantages are inherent in the device according to the patent of the Russian Federation 2106174, class. A 63 F 9/04, publ. 03/10/1998.

 The closest in technical essence to the claimed device is a mathematical game according to the patent of the Russian Federation 2132711, cl. A 63 F 9/04, publ. 07/10/1999. Here, all faces of a game element in the form of a 12-sided are made of regular pentagons, and of the three that converge to each vertex of the faces, one differs from the other two in marking.

 The main disadvantage of the considered analogues is the imperfection of the throwing process, devoid of simultaneity and accompanied by the interdependence of the movements of game elements.

 The aim of the invention is the elimination of these disadvantages. Ideally, you should arrange all the game elements on the same level and then ensure their movement independent from each other to the base. Only in this case, the phenomenon of losing one or another point will turn out to be independent.

 This goal is achieved by the fact that in a mathematical probabilistic game containing game elements in the form of polyhedra, all faces of which are made of regular polygons, and of the three converging to each vertex of the faces, one differs from the other two in marking sign, according to the invention, all faces of each polyhedra are arbitrarily marked with their uniform marking, which differs from the marking of other elements. The game contains transparent vertical cylinders with funnel-shaped nozzles for throwing each element into its cylinder. The total number of cylinders in the device is a multiple of the number of faces of the polyhedron used, which can be 4, 6, 8, 12, 20. The cylinders in their upper part are equipped with rotating shutters with an opening opening with a common drive (lever). On the inner surface of the cylinders are placed stops. The cylinders themselves are painted in different colors and connected to an air duct equipped with a valve.

 The proposed device is shown in the drawing.

 Here 1 - game elements with different markings and facets, 2 - cylinders made of transparent plastic of different colors, 3 - rotating shutters with a hole 4, 5 - stops on the inner surface of the cylinders, 6 - air duct, 7 - air duct valve, 8 - general drive curtain (lever).

 The device operates as follows. Game elements 1 with different markings are loaded from above into the cylinders 2 with the shutters closed 3. Then the air valve 7 of the air duct 6 opens and, under the action of the air flow passing through the opening 4 of the shutters 3, the game elements 1 begin to randomly rotate and move, each in its own cylinder . Then close the valve 7 and the game elements 1 are lowered and lie on the blinds 3, in which the size of the hole 4 is smaller than the size of the game element 1. After that, with the common drive 8 (lever) all the curtains 3 are opened simultaneously and the game elements fall, rotating and hitting the stops 5 on the inner walls of the cylinders 2, reach the base where the reading of the dropped characters. The number of cylinders 2 must be equal to the number of faces of the existing regular polyhedra used or a multiple of this number, i.e. (4, 6, 8, 12, 20) n, where n = 1, 2, 3 ... k.

 For example, with ordinary cylinder blocks there will be 6, painted in six different colors: red, yellow, green, blue, blue, purple. Separate faces of one or several cubes are painted in the same colors, on the faces of which, in addition, numbers, letters, and other symbols are also shown. The coincidence of the color of the dropped edge of the game element with the color of the cylinder increases the number of possible game options.

 The common lever 8 for simultaneous control of the curtains is shown schematically (know-how).

 Thus, the gaming device provides the simultaneous start of movement (throwing) of all game elements 1 without their mutual interaction and influence, each in its own cylinder 2. This ensures the purity of the game, because the outcome of the fall of each game element is determined only by its own properties and parameters (weight, dimensions, symmetry, etc.).

 Note. In modern lottery drums, where mixing and throwing of game elements is carried out in heaps, the purity of the game is easy to disrupt, for example, by making some game elements heavier than others, and so on.

Claims (1)

A mathematical probabilistic game containing game elements in the form of polyhedra, all faces of which are made of regular polygons, and of the three converging to each vertex of the faces, one differs from the other two in marking sign, characterized in that all the faces of each polyhedron are arbitrarily marked with their uniform with a marking that differs from the marking of other elements, the game contains transparent vertical cylinders with funnel-shaped nozzles for throwing each element into its cylinder, the total number of cylines Firewood in the device is a multiple of the number of faces of the polyhedron used, which can be 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, the cylinders in their upper part are equipped with rotating shutters with an opening opening by a common drive, stops are placed on the inner surface of the cylinders, and the cylinders themselves are painted in different colors and connected to an air duct equipped with a valve.